We Care Solar - Solar Suitcase Installation Guide - 2017
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Teaching Healthcare Workers How to
Use the Solar Suitcase
We Care Solar Suitcase Teaching Script
Solar Suitcase with LFP Battery
This script is an example of how to present all the information about the Solar Suitcase to the
healthcare worker. It is meant to act as a guide. As you become familiar with the Solar Suitcase,
you do not need to follow the script, but make sure that you have covered all the relevant topics
described below.
1. INTRODUCTION: [Say who you are, why you are here, and your role in providing solar
suitcase systems to health centers
.] For example, “My name is __________, I work [name of
in-country organization], I help install Solar Suitcase systems and teach health center staff in
the use of the Solar Suitcase.”
2. OVERVIEW: Explain briefly how the Solar Suitcase works using Solar Suitcase and
poster.
The Solar Suitcase is a complete solar electric system:
The Solar Panel
captures sunlight and changes it into electricity.
The Battery
stores electricity: like a bucket storing water.
The Home Run Cable
brings electricity from solar panel to battery.
The Charge Controller
regulates the electricity going into and out of the battery.
The Charge Controller
is like our “eyes” into the battery. It tells us when the battery is full.
The Solar Suitcase
comes with Lights, Headlamps, a Cell phone charger, and a Fetal
Doppler. [
Hold up each appliance.]
The Main Switch
turns the whole system on
: Must be on for Solar Suitcase to receive
charge from the sun.
Also must be on in order to be able to use lights and charge
appliances like the headlamps, cell phones, fetal Doppler.
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Allows electricity to flow from Solar Panel to Solar Suitcase, and from Battery to loads.
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This Main Switch should always remain on,
except when you want to change the main
battery, or if you are transporting the Solar Suitcase
. [Invite someone to turn the main
power switch from the off position to the on position.]
When
Main Switch
is turned on, the
Charge Controller
lights will turn ON. Now the solar
suitcase is ready to be used.
REVIEW OVERVIEW: [Ask questions to ensure people have understood.]
1. What does the battery do?
2. What does the solar panel do? Does it make electricity at night?
3. What does the charge controller do?
4. When should you turn off the
Main Switch
?
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Answer: Only to change the main battery
